RE: Can Atheist be objectively moral in the case of a possible follower of an infallible?
July 22, 2015 at 7:15 am
(July 21, 2015 at 9:38 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: For sake of argument, give two possibilities.
There is a spiritual world, there is an objective living morality light, and a believers can be in contact with a Divine Guide who manifests both outwardly and inwardly the path towards God and various good acts that has been revealed to the heart of the divine Guide.
Now assume for sake of argument, there is no spiritual world, no Guide, etc. Can an Atheist traverse objectively morality in the same way, and does goodness exist in the same way (stages, inward reality, exalted ranks, etc)?
Wouldn't something objective remain so in the presence and absence of god(s)?
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